Garment



1 Aug. 7, 1945. -H. LEON 2,381,295

GARMENT FiledMarch 27, 1943 Patented Aug. 7, 1 945 d UNITED STATES PAT ENT OFFICE" f '5 Harry J. Si urd, Conn. Apjlication'March 27, 1943, Serial No. 480,'I9

1 Claim. (ore-'11) 4 My invention relatesto the class of garments adapted more especially for feminine wear and which embodies a combination of pants and skirt, and an object of my invention, among others, is the construction of a garment of this type in which the pant or trouser effect shall be obscured so that the garment shall have the general appearance of a dress complete including a waist .and skirt.

, partially open.

Figure 4 is a view in cross section on a plane denoted by the broken line 4-4 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 5 is a view in cross-section on a plane denoted by broken line 5-4 of Fig. 1.

My improved garment. herein illustrated'and described is made for the purpose of enabling the wearer to present an appearance of being dressed in strictly feminine attire embodying a dress comprising .a waist and a skirt, while permitting freedom of movement as allowed by a masculine garmentcomprising trousers and without undue exposure of under garments, thereby enabling the wearer to always be within 'the strictest bounds of propriety, my improved garthe garment ment. as shown in the drawing herein,-comprising a dress including a waist 8 that 'may be made in any approved form, but preferably being an integral part of the skirt, although this'is not abs'olutely essential, theprincipal feature of the invention residing in the lower portion of the gar ment which'ls made to all' appearances closely.

resembling a skirt, the garment including a waist and a skirt and having an opening -'I at the front extending from a neck 8 to the bottom' of the skirt, which opening may be closed at the waist and secured as by means of buttons and-button open gap l2 to provide for freedom of movement of the other leg. of the'wearer, as in the case of the front opening I. This opening may be closed at the top as by stitching 2|.

A pant flap I3 is secured inside of the front of the skirt at one side and a short distance back from the edge of theopening I, this flap being of a length substantially that of the skirt and a companion flap ll is secured to the inside of the back of the skirt at one side of the opening or gap II, in the same manner as the flap l3 the two flaps being extended toward each other and secured together at their edges as by stitching. When thus stitched together these two flaps form the inside of a leg covering 22.

The description thus farhas been for one side of the garment. The other side of the garment is substantially of the same construction and comprises a pant flap l5 secured to the back of the front part of the skirt a short distance away from the edge of the opening I and another similar flap l6 secured to the inside of the back of the skirt a short distance from the edge of the opening H and extending toward the flap [5. The meeting edges of the two flaps l5-l6 are secured together and thereby constitute a leg I covering 23 similar to' and located opposite the cover formed by the flaps Iii-ll. The two flaps are preferably secured together at a meeting point at the upper ends of the flaps forming a crotch H as in the ordinary form of pant construction.

The front of the skirt is made with gores l8 as shown in Fig. 1, on opposite sides of the opening 1, and especiailyonthat side comprising the greatest expanse of the front while the back is composed of two pieces Iii-20 on opposite sides;

of the gap l2, onejof said pieces overlying the other for such distance back from the gap If to I present when in normal condition a continuous skirt back, the opening ll being normally closed.

As will now have been seenthe main feature ofthe garment disclosed herein and comprising my invention consists of a skirt comprising the outside of the lower part of the garment and holes, 8 or other fa'stenings of a similar nature commonv to garments. The fastenings are latter upwardly, as shown hereinfor about onehalf vof the length of the skirt forming a freely omitted at the lower part of the opening as shown in Fig. 3, thereby creating a gap l0 which may 7 be freely open to" provide freedom ofmovement of the leg of the wearer. An opening' at the back of the skirt extends from the bottom of the having the gaps or openings lll|l at the front and back to provide for freedom of movement of the limbs of the wearer and in order to shield thelimbsof the wearer thecoverings 22 -23 are pro-- vided with their opposite edges secured to the inside of the front and back of the skirt and extending across the opening between the front and back of the skirt at a point inside of the limbs of the wearer of the skirt.

n will be understood that the'thickness of the material in the sectional view isexaggerated and that regular ordinary stitching is employed in securing the pieces together.

I claim:

A dress comprising a waist and a skirt attached to the bottom of the waist and extending downwardly therefrom, said skirt comprising avpair of flaps simulative of a dress and a pair of inner flaps cooperating with the skirt flaps to simulate trousers legs with the latter normally confined within and hidden by the skirt flaps, said skirt being characterized by one skirt flap having one 10 like formation at the other side '0! the dress.

HARRY J. LEON. 

